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French National-Collectivist Party
The French National-Collectivist Party (french: Parti français national-collectiviste, PFNC), originally known as the French National Communist Party (''Parti français national communiste''), was a minor political group active in the French Third Republic and reestablished in occupied France. Its leader in both incarnations was the sports journalist Pierre Clémenti. It espoused a "national communist" platform noted for its similarities with fascism, and popularized racial antisemitism. The group was also noted for its agitation in support of pan-European nationalism and rattachism, maintaining contacts in both Nazi Germany and Wallonia. Always a minor movement within the French far-right, it was initially a dissident wing of Henry Coston's ''Francistes''. Temporarily re-absorbed by that party in 1934, it reemerged following Coston's personal row with Clémenti. Its activity was interrupted in 1936, though it returned to incite industrial workers against the Popular Front govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Clémenti (politician)
Pierre Clementi (28 May 1910 – 16 April 1982), real name Francis Anthony Clementi, was a French politician active during the 1930s and the occupation of France during the Second World War. He was the founder and leader of the French National-Collectivist Party, which espoused a platform of National Communism, a combination of Fascism, French nationalism and to a certain extent Communism. Biography Son of a Corsican official who died in the First World War, he was first close to radical socialist circles, then moved towards Fascism in 1934 with the founding of the French National-Communist Party ''(Parti français national-communiste )'', which later changed its name under the orders of the Nazi Occupation to the French National-Collectivist Party ''(Parti français national-collectiviste)'', which Clémenti supported. He was the director of the movement's newspaper, '' :fr:Le Pays libre''. in 1941 he helped found the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (''Légion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |